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package org.jboss.cache;

import net.jcip.annotations.Immutable;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * Compares the order of two FQN.
 * Sorts by name, then by depth, e.g.
 * <pre>
 * aaa/bbb
 * xxx
 * xxx/ccc
 * </pre>
 *
 * @author Manik Surtani (<a href="mailto:manik AT jboss DOT org">manik AT jboss DOT org</a>)
 * @author Steve Woodcock (<a href="mailto:stevew@jofti.com">stevew@jofti.com</a>)
 */
@Immutable
public class FqnComparator implements Comparator<Fqn>, Serializable
{
   public static final FqnComparator INSTANCE = new FqnComparator();

   /**
    * Returns -1 if the first comes before; 0 if they are the same; 1 if the
    * second Fqn comes before.  <code>null</code> always comes first.
    */
   public int compare(Fqn fqn1, Fqn fqn2)
   {
      int s1 = fqn1.size();
      int s2 = fqn2.size();

      if (s1 == 0)
      {
         return (s2 == 0) ? 0 : -1;
      }

      if (s2 == 0)
      {
         return 1;
      }

//      if (fqn1.getClass().equals(StringFqn.class) && fqn2.getClass().equals(StringFqn.class))
//      {
//         StringFqn sfqn1 = (StringFqn) fqn1;
//         StringFqn sfqn2 = (StringFqn) fqn2;
//         return sfqn1.stringRepresentation.compareTo(sfqn2.stringRepresentation);
//      }
      int size = Math.min(s1, s2);

      for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
      {
         Object e1 = fqn1.get(i);
         Object e2 = fqn2.get(i);
         if (e1 == e2)
         {
            continue;
         }
         if (e1 == null)
         {
            return 0;
         }
         if (e2 == null)
         {
            return 1;
         }
         if (!e1.equals(e2))
         {
            int c = compareElements(e1, e2);
            if (c != 0)
            {
               return c;
            }
         }
      }

      return s1 - s2;
   }

   /**
    * Compares two Fqn elements.
    * If e1 and e2 are the same class and e1 implements Comparable,
    * returns e1.compareTo(e2).
    * Otherwise, returns e1.toString().compareTo(e2.toString()).
    */
   private int compareElements(Object e1, Object e2)
   {
      if (e1.getClass() == e2.getClass() && e1 instanceof Comparable)
      {
         return ((Comparable<Object>) e1).compareTo(e2);
      }
      else
      {
         return e1.toString().compareTo(e2.toString());
      }
   }


}